Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 2020
    Sky Aelans

    Sky Aelans

    Sky Aelans

    6.52020HD

    Directed by nine Indigenous Solomon Island filmmakers, this is both a love letter and lament for the eponymous traditional lands.

    Sky Aelans
  • 1956
    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    The Longer Trail

    01956HD

    A young indigenous man contracts tuberculosis and is sent to the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. He struggles with the aftereffects of...

    The Longer Trail
  • 1953
    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    Funeral Bororo

    01953HD

    Funeral Bororo
  • 1970
    Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário

    Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário

    Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário

    01970HD

    Ameríndia - Memória, Remorso e Compromisso no V Centenário
  • 1955
    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    Return of the Indian

    01955HD

    Return of the Indian
  • 2021
    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    Evan's Drum

    02021HD

    For generations, the sound of traditional Inuit drum dancing fell silent in Labrador due to colonization. In the early 21st century, the beat of the...

    Evan's Drum
  • 1970
    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time

    01970HD

    When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of...

    This Was the Time
  • 2015
    Nowhere Land

    Nowhere Land

    Nowhere Land

    02015HD

    Documentary about filmmaker Bonnie Ammaaq's memories of life on Baffin Island, where her family moved for eleven years during her childhood from the...

    Nowhere Land
  • 1972
    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    01972HD

    The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This...

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • 2021
    Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle

    Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle

    Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle

    72021HD

    The AssimiNation is a political pamphlet portraying the indigenous Sámi people fighting for their existence. The film follows the on going...

    Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle
  • 1982
    Standing Alone

    Standing Alone

    Standing Alone

    01982HD

    Pete Standing Alone is a Blood Indian who, as a young man, was more at home in the White man's culture than his own. Confronted with the realization...

    Standing Alone
  • 2020
    Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency

    Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency

    Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency

    4.52020HD

    A Sámi woman fights for her right to claim a tax deduction against the purchase of a dog. Why the Swedish authorities fail to recognize the...

    Svonni vs the Swedish Tax Agency
  • 2023
    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    Coming Home

    8.52023HD

    This documentary reveals the impacts of the Sixties Scoop, a period in which a series of Canadian policies enabled child welfare authorities to take,...

    Coming Home
  • 2019
    Spears from All Sides

    Spears from All Sides

    Spears from All Sides

    02019HD

    Until the 1950s, the Waorani were able to successfully defended their area of settlement – today’s Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian...

    Spears from All Sides
  • 1978
    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    01978HD

    Wandering Spirit School, organized by concerned parents, broke with tradition by introducing subjects that are of particular relevance to its pupils....

    Wandering Spirit Survival School
  • 1970
    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    The Primal Mind

    01970HD

    Written and hosted by Jack Marks, an American Jewish author who misrepresented himself as Native American; this PBS documentary examines the...

    The Primal Mind
  • 1973
    The Colours of Pride

    The Colours of Pride

    The Colours of Pride

    01973HD

    Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.

    The Colours of Pride
  • 2010
    Round Up

    Round Up

    Round Up

    02010HD

    This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and...

    Round Up
  • 2024
    Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo

    Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo

    Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo

    02024HD

    A cinematic wonder & incredible opportunity to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing. A group of puppeteers are transformed by their experience of...

    Iniskim - Return of the Buffalo
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    01943HD

    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts